VIDYA with Verity

Most people expect something dramatic from a 1:1 breathwork session. The reality is calmer and more personal.
Verity walks you through what people expect versus what actually happens, how a first session runs (talk, breathe, integrate), who it's for and who it isn't, and a short client story shared with permission.
Want to work with her one-on-one before the year ends? Reply to the email or comment ONE on her latest Instagram post.
HOME closes this Thursday, 5 November: https://verityjocoonan.co/retreats

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If you clean instead of sitting, or reach for your phone the second you stop, your body isn't being difficult. It learned that stillness means something might slip.
In this episode, Verity explains why rest can feel unsafe when you're the one holding everything together, what it looks like day to day, and walks you through a simple breathing practice you can do while you listen.
She also shares why she created HOME, a 3-night rest retreat in Uluwatu, Bali, 19 to 22 November. Meals and airport transfers are included, and there are two places left.
HOME details: https://verityjocoonan.co/retreats

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There's a specific age most of us quietly stopped shining, Verity pinpoints it to year four, the moment self-belief starts bending to what other people think is "right." This episode is about the courage it takes to be visible now: online criticism from people too scared to be criticised themselves, taking advice from people who don't follow their own, and relearning who you are at your current age instead of the version you were at 16. Featuring her niece as proof that unfiltered confidence is our default setting, not something we have to build from scratch.

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You're not more negative than your positive friend, you're running the same hardware. Verity breaks down negativity bias: the fast neural shortcut that flags threats before your conscious brain even registers what happened, and why everyone defaults to worst-case-first, not just some people. The real variable isn't which emotion fires first, it's how fast you can train the override and why that matters every time someone you love shares big news and your first instinct is to list the risks. Practical reframe: how to catch the automatic response before it becomes the thing you say out loud.

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Every wellness podcast has a rule for you, exercise at 3pm, drink water at this time, eat like this. Verity breaks down why she ignored a "best time to exercise" study and trained at 8am instead, why cortisol isn't something to eliminate but to work with (spike it early, wind down by night), and what actually changed when she stopped outsourcing her routine to other people's protocols. Plus: the trap of healing becoming your whole identity, why isolating yourself in the name of wellness backfires, and the new-season reset ritual she's building instead.

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● @verityjocoonan @vidya_certification
● Join Breathwork & healing ⁠APP @vidya.app
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